{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-crime-commissioner-elections-order-2012/schedule-3/paragraph-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-crime-commissioner-elections-order-2012/schedule-3/paragraph-17.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1917",
  "legislation_title": "The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-crime-commissioner-elections-order-2012",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Method of election: contested and uncontested election",
  "text": "If, after any withdrawals under rule 15 or 16—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) two or more candidates remain validly nominated, a poll must be taken in accordance with Part 3;\n(c) only one candidate remains validly nominated, that person must be declared to be elected in accordance with Part 5.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 rule 17(a) omitted (21.12.2022) (with application in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections and Welsh Forms (Amendment) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1354), art. 5(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 rule 17(b) substituted (21.12.2022) (with application in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections and Welsh Forms (Amendment) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1354), art. 5(2)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1917/schedule/3/paragraph/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:24:32.209917+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}